Introduction
Welcome to the course!
Visiting the Doctor
First Doctor's Visit
Appointments and Forms
Describing Symptoms - Part 1
Describing Symptoms - Part 2
Questions and Diagnoses
Quiz: Visiting the Doctor
Essential Medical Terms
Treatments: Kinds and Terms
Medical Terminology
Specialists Within Fields
Dentists and Orthodontists
Vision Care
Quiz: Essential Medical Terms
Common situations
You Need a Surgery!
Common Procedures
At Home Scenarios
Follow up Procedures and Recommendations
Quiz: Common situations
Communicate Naturally
Medical Idiomatic Expressions
Medical Phrasal Verbs
Quiz: Communicate Naturally
Closing
Going to the Doctor's
Doctor's Office is Closed
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Appointments and Forms
3/21Recursos
Aportes 22
Preguntas 2
Ordenar por:
spouse: conyúge
Ethnicity: etnia
vitamis: vitaminas
penicillin: penicilina
diseases: enfermedades
disclose: revelar
insurance: seguro
pocket: bolsillo
reimbursed: reembolsado
medical records: registros medicos
oftentimes: a menudo
vaccination: vacunación
faxed: enviado por fax
hesatite: dudar
Observations of the background medical forms from the United States.
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What’s your name: most American forms have just one last name. But many people from Central and South American countries have two las names.
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Your permanent address: zip code is associated with our postal address and the area code is associated with your phone number. Don’t confuse those terms.
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Date of birth: the month is put before the day in the United States (MM/DD/YY).
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Height: Convert your height from meters and centimeters to inches.
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Weight: Convert kilograms to pounds.
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Marital status: married, single, divorced and widower.
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Emergency contact: a person that is very close to you that could be called in an emergency and has access to international phone calls.
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Medical history previous: Ask you about any previous procedures, serious illnesses such as cancer, surgeries, injuries or any other kind of treatment that you have had. For example: knee surgery.
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Family history: Could test for any genetic medical procedures.
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Current medications: Not vitamins or those kinds of things, but prescribed medications and allergies reactions (for examples penicillins).
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Medical insurance: medical treatments of any kind are very expensive in the United States and it’s hard to get reimbursed.
Look, I am the first, that’s crazy haha
-zip code: codigo postal.
-Ethnicity: etnia.
-Illnesses: Enfermedades.
-Injuries: lesiones.
-Insurance: seguro.
-Provider: proveedor
I have a lot of allergies and this is a piece of good information on how my family history is important for my treatments and symptoms
I am going to list only the vocabulary that was useful and new for me, hopefully it may be useful for you too:
> Personal data
1. **Widower / Widow**: this is a man or a woman whose spouse has died. Whether it is masculine or feminine you will have to use the word correctly.
2. **Ethnicity**: This refers to a group of people who shares cultural things such as languages, traditions and history. Some examples could be; white; black; Latino or Asian.
3. **Medical history:** This refers to previous operations, hospitalization, serious injuries that you may have had in the past.
4. **Current medications**: Prescribed medications that you might be taking at this precise moment.
5. **Insurance:** This is one contains a *provider* who refers to the agency that is giving you insurance.
# Appointments and Forms.
I didn't want to leave too much personal information here in the comments
“Appointments and forms”
New vocabulary: zip code, reimburse.
Vocabulary
Inches: Pulgadas
Pounds: Libras
Widower: Viudo
Spouse: Cónyuge
Ethnicity: Étinia / Origen Étnico
Relatives: Familiares / Parientes
Disclose: Divulgar / Revelar
Insurance: Seguro / Aseguradora
Reimbursed: Reembolsado
Record (noun): Registro / Antecedentes
Fax: Communication media
Hesitate: Dudar
Useful Vocabulary
- Medical records: Historia clínica
- Check-in: Registro de entrada
- Check-out: Registro de salida
- Co-payment: Copago
- Insurance information: Información del seguro
- Vital signs: Signos vitales
- Blood pressure: Presión arterial
- Heart rate: Ritmo cardíaco
- Respiratory rate: Ritmo respiratorio
- Patient information: Información del paciente
- Name: Nombre
- Date of birth: Fecha de nacimiento
- Address: Dirección
- Phone number: Número de teléfono
- Emergency contact: Contacto de emergencia
- Medical history: Historial médico
- Current medications: Medicamentos actuales
- Allergies: Alergias
- Previous surgeries: Cirugías previas
- Family medical history: Antecedentes médicos familiares
- Consent form: Formulario de consentimiento
- Privacy policy: Política de privacidad
- Insurance card: Tarjeta de seguro
- Signature: Firma
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